Effect of thyroid hormone administration on estrogen-lnduced sex behavior in female mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Morgan, M A ^a   Dellovade, T L ^b   Pfaff, D W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Lordosis; Mice; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LORDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034056383     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1999.1553     Document Type: Article

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